Professor Mmaa's Lecture

Describes the personal and professional life of Sylvester Stallone and depicts his struggle to achieve success as a film actor, writer, and director.

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Page 183Pushing his forelegs far down into the well, he clung with their tarsal hairs and
glands t0 the wall and cautiously drew his middle and rear legs after them. His
abdomen now pointing upwards, against the brim, he groped still further down
with ...

Page 192>l< In the corner where the arch of the ceiling passed into the perpendicular wall,
the police commissary Putidus Nez was scratching his head with his foot. He had
been scratching his head with his foot for a long time. He had started to scratch ...

Page 209Crushed by hundreds of termites round him, Nonobody clung with his middle and
hind legs to the wall, while he rested his forelegs on Beetonin. And Nonobody
recalled his own NOTA BENE entered in his notebook so long ago, centuries ago
, ...

About the author (1975)

Stefan Themerson (1910-1988) was born in Poland, moved to Russia during the Revolution, studied physics and architecture in Warsaw, and lived in Paris before settling in London. Aside from his writings--which include novels such as Tom Harris, The Mystery of the Sardine, and Professor Mmaa's Lecture, children's stories, philosophical essays, and poems--Themerson also composed music and made a number of films with his wife Franciszka.